Shaindel Beers (and friends) at Wordstock!

[shaindelr]

Wordstock's here - one of the biggest literary parties on the whole Left Coast. With plenty of words to chew on, I'd like to mention a few events:

FRIDAY NIGHT, 10/9: WARM UP WITH POETRY AND WINE

Come enjoy the poetry and wine with four of Oregon's most cherished poets. Peter Sears, Shaindel Beers, John C. Morrison and Pamela Steele will be reading their work at Blackbird Wine, 4323 NE Fremont St. in Portland. Blackbird's Friday night wine tasting starts at 6 o'clock, and includes a $6.00 cover; poetry starts at 7, and is free for one and all.

SATURDAY AND SUNDAY: VISIT SUPER WRITING FRIENDS

While you're walking around between readings at the Portland Convention Center, stop by booth 423 and say hello to this year's crop of Super Writing Friends - writers and independent publishers from the Pacific NW.


**Shaindel Beers
**Pamela Steele
**John Morrison
**Dana Guthrie-Martin
**Nathan Moore
**Jeremy Halinen

.......and more.

Be sure to stop by, type something up and drop your name in the raffle for a chance to win a great stash of poetry.

Pamela Steele will be reading on the Mountain Writers Stage, Saturday at 11 a.m.

Shaindel Beers will be reading on the Mountain Writers Stage, Saturday at 1 p.m.




MORE WORDS ON MONDAY

David Jarecki be joining local writers Arthur Smid and Dennis Yates at Three Friends Coffee (201 SE 12th) for a shared hour of reading, between 7 and 8 p.m. Monday, 10/12. I'll be reading a few pieces from "Backwards on the Train", my soon-to-be released chapbook from Imperfect Press, a Portland-based independent publisher.

The reading is part of the ongoing series put on by Show and Tell Gallery (www.showandtellgallery.org

Looking forward to seeing you over the long weekend.